to Contemporary Country, calling itself "106.7 The Armadillo", and took the call letters KDIL (with DIL contained within the word "armadillo," a small placental mammal common to South Texas). Smooth Jazz "The Armadillo" lasted only two years, when 106.7 was bought by KCYY's owners New City Communications. KCYY was (and still is) in the middle of a tough ratings battle with Clear Channel Communications' KAJA. To avoid overlapping with KCYY, KDIL became "Smooth Jazz 106.7 KCJZ" at Midnight on February 24, 1995. Rhythmic Oldies In 1997, current owner Cox Communications acquired KCJZ and the other New City stations. After four years as smooth jazz, on July 1, 1999, Cox changed KCJZ's format to rhythmic oldies, branded as "106.7 JAMZ". The station's playlist consisted of classic disco music, R&B and Motown hits. By August 2001, KCJZ shifted to Rhythmic/Dance Top 40 format, while retaining the "Jamz" moniker and KCJZ call letters. Contemporary Hits On October 31, 2003, at 10 a.m., after "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, KCJZ flipped to Mainstream Top 40 as "Z 106.7", and changed call letters to KELZ. The first song played was "Where is the Love?" by The Black Eyed Peas. The flip gave the San Antonio market two mainstream Top 40 stations, the other being KXXM, owned by Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia). At first, KELZ's playlist was broad-based, airing "All The Hits" in an effort to cut into KXXM, whose direction at times tended to lean toward modern rock. Power 106.7 On October 6, 2006, KELZ flipped back to rhythmic contemporary and adopted the "Power 106.7" branding, along with a call letter change to KPWT to match it. The move gave San Antonio its first Rhythmic battle since 2003, with KPWT competing against the dominant KBBT. With the switch, KPWT became the second station in San Antonio to adopt the "Power" moniker, the last station using the brand was KITY from 1987 to 1990. FM Talk At Noon on May 28, 2009, while playing "Love Lockdown" by Kanye West, the sound of jingling bells played, increasingly getting louder, followed by just the sound of the bells for about 30 seconds as the song ended. This led to KPWT stunting with Christmas music as "Santa 106.7." At 5 p.m. on June 1, 2009, the station became "FM Talk 106.7." The lineup included Mancow Muller, Neal Boortz, Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage and Clark Howard. The move behind this switch